# Thinking outside the metal (steel) mailbox

**URL:** <https://forums.wyze.com/t/thinking-outside-the-metal-steel-mailbox/42895>\
**Category:** Tips & Tricks\
**Tags:** tips-and-tricks\
**Created:** [July 11, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/thinking-outside-the-metal-steel-mailbox/42895 "2019-07-11T03:10:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![victormaletic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a6a055/32.png) [@victormaletic](https://forums.wyze.com/u/victormaletic)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/thinking-outside-the-metal-steel-mailbox/42895/57 "2020-02-18T23:40:53Z")

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Hello TheWatcher  
You may want to checkout posts from:  
jf0303  
Phoffer961  
cusas  
Under the [You’ve got mail](https://forums.wyze.com/t/youve-got-mail-wyze-contact-sensor-installed-in-mailbox/28658) topic.  
A simple setup is shown by cusas. It could be made more robust by duct-taping over each part of the contact sensor. There are even more robust setups using plastic enclosures and supports.

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